Symbolism - Finestre sull'Arte

The landscape-state of mind: when nature becomes feeling

In one of the most intense passages of Gabriele D'Annunzio's Il Piacere, namely the narration of the protagonist Andrea Sperelli 's convalescence after receiving a nasty wound in a duel (an episode that marks the end of the first part of D'Annunzio's...
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Aleardo Kutufà, the rediscovery of an eclectic symbolist. What the Collesalvetti exhibition looks like.

Toward the end of the exhibition that Collesalvetti's Pinacoteca Comunale "Carlo Servolini" is dedicating, until Oct. 2, 2025, to Aleardo Kutufà, a singular, versatile genius who has fallen into oblivion, appears awork, a chromotype by Marcel-...
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An exhibition rediscovers Aleardo Kutufà: a journey through symbolism and dreams of the Middle Ages

Collesalvetti 's Pinacoteca Comunale "Carlo Servolini" (Municipal Art Gallery ) is hosting until Aug. 7, 2025 an exhibition intended to shed new light on a complex and still little-explored figure in the artistic and literary scene of early 20th cent...
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Jules van Biesbroeck and the centaur symbol of modern man.

In the vast panorama of the arts between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the singular, and still little-known, figure of Belgian painter Jules van Biesbroeck (Portici, 1873 - Brussels, 1965) represents a significant case for understanding the...
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M9 Mestre, 51 works from MuMa in Le Havre celebrate the power of art in the face of war's destruction

From March 15 to August 31, 2025 M9 - Museo del '900 di Mestre welcomes as its first temporary exhibition of the year the exhibition Arte Salvata. Masterpieces Beyond War from MuMa Le Havre, which aims to celebrate the power of art in the face of war...
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Flora, the timeless charm of flowers in Italian art at the Magnani-Rocca Foundation

From March 15 to June 29, 2025, the Magnani-Rocca Foundation in Mamiano di Traversetolo (Parma) under the curatorship of Daniela Ferrari and Stefano Roffi hosts FLORA. The Enchantment of Flowers in Italian Art from the Twentieth Century to the Presen...
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Alberto Martini and the imagery of Poe on display in Oderzo, on the 70th anniversary of the artist's death

Through March 25, 2025, Oderzo is hosting a major exhibition on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the death of Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 - Milan, 1954), an artist born in this city, where the Pinacoteca dedicated to him is located. The exhi...
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An exhibition rediscovers the restless and paranoid inspiration of Raoul Dal Molin Ferenzona, decadent dreamer

From November 14, 2024 to March 15, 2025, the Pinacoteca Comunale "Carlo Servolini" in Collesalvetti (Livorno, Italy) will host the exhibition Raoul Dal Molin Ferenzona: Enchiridion Notturno. A Decadent Dreamer Toward Occultism and Theosophy, promote...
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